PRODUCTIONS: SALENTO OUT OF THE SEA

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Daniele Cini

SD Cinematografica

28 Min.

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Salento is now known to Italians as a place of parties and beaches, good food and wild dances, a holiday land.
But in its hinterland full of small municipalities, today benefiting from summer tourism, there are authentic Baroque masterpieces, alleys and sumptuous palaces, which reveal a past of agricultural riches and maritime trade.
Among these unexpected cathedrals, unusual artisan shops that produce high quality artifacts are also surprising.
In Poggiardo, the magnificent baroque center of the interior, unforgettable flavors are mixed in Stefano's trattoria, which every morning moves to Castro on the coast to choose the fish just arrived from the sea. In Parabita, Matteo inherited the mosaic technique from his grandparents and carves wood, marble and glass paste tiles with results at the height of his ancestors. In Sogliano, Andrea the papermaker transforms plants (from fig to rush) into valuable sheets and notebooks.
Finally, in Cutrofiano, while the city prepares the bonfire for the feast of the fòcare, Salvino introduces us to his greatest passion, a local tradition that has been repeated for many generations: ceramics and clay processing. Salento in winter is another thing...